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take the idea of collecting information to its logical conclusion you could gather all the information in the Universe at a moment in time. In 1814, Laplace put this idea in an essay. He proposed an immensely powerful being observes the position and momentum of every particle in the Universe. Armed with a
finger, y and your thumb, z. At any moment you can move your hand to point in any direction and take a measurement. We will have to round up or down. Quantum mechanics is named ‘quantum because ail the readings must be whole numbers. You will never see 10% spin in x, 90% in y and 85% in z; just ones, and z
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of the philosophical argument. I also avoid a strongly historical narrative, but if you enjoy the history of science I recommend, The Missing 4%, and Quantum for a really clear exposé of the issues HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016087 398 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? around quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmolo
d of acknowledging the centrality of knowledge to intelligence, the dystopian scenarios confuse an artificial general intelligence of the future with Laplace’s demon, the mythical being that knows the location and momentum of every particle in the universe and feeds them into equations for physical laws to
at MIT, and head of its Program in Science, Technology & Society. He is the author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival and American Physics and the Cold War Bubble (forthcoming). Seth Lloyd is a theoretical physicist at MIT, Nam P. Suh Professor in the Depart
d of acknowledging the centrality of knowledge to intelligence, the dystopian scenarios confuse an artificial general intelligence of the future with Laplace’s demon, the mythical being that knows the location and momentum of every particle in the universe and feeds them into equations for physical laws to
at MIT, and head of its Program in Science, Technology & Society. He is the author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival and American Physics and the Cold War Bubble (forthcoming). Seth Lloyd is a theoretical physicist at MIT, Nam P. Suh Professor in the Depart
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